tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post7279652305249659569..comments2015-03-03T12:54:03.202-08:00Comments on Blessing of Kings: Exponential Soft EnragesRohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-80142049902295635222010-01-27T14:51:33.341-08:002010-01-27T14:51:33.341-08:00The difference between asking someone to sacrifice...The difference between asking someone to sacrifice themselves and having the mechanic remove the player is subtle.<br /><br />I remember in TBC Azgalor which killed a player with its curse of doom and Teron Gorefiend which had a similar mechanic. Kazgoral also had a soft enrage like that with its mark that ate more and more mana.<br /><br />More recently (or even before), Grobulus has a similar mechanic, putting poison rings faster and faster as the fight progresses.<br /><br />Another technique I read about for Saurfang is to have the marked people go into the ship&#39;s cannons as they are then removed from the fight (as in don&#39;t get any achievement and loot).<br /><br />What my guild does is simple, have a trigger happy discipline priest tossing shields left and right, especially on people with debuffs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-73597687182928437612010-01-26T14:57:39.480-08:002010-01-26T14:57:39.480-08:00Oh, it&#39;s a valid strat, I&#39;m not denying th...Oh, it&#39;s a valid strat, I&#39;m not denying that. However, I do think strats that revolve around letting people die are a bit silly.<br /><br />However, I&#39;m just saying that this class of challenges is vulnerable. It&#39;s very easy for a small change early in the sequence to render the sequence immaterial, when instead it should be a major part of the fight.<br /><br />For example, if the penalty on Saurfang was that he healed 50% of his health, then letting someone die would not be a valid strat at all. It all depends on the penalty.Rohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-54454991822857644812010-01-26T14:48:52.527-08:002010-01-26T14:48:52.527-08:00@Chris
That is just beating the encounter with so...@Chris<br /><br />That is just beating the encounter with so much speed (and excellent add control) that you don&#39;t see the enrage, also I have only heard of (and done) this in 10 man, too many adds in 25/whatever other reasons to get away with no marks. In this case the more amusing solution I have seen is to SS multiple dps pallys and have them DI the first and possibly second mark. They take no damage, so as long as he is down in mark1+3 min you have reset the timer. <br /><br />Rohan,<br /><br />I would question the validity of saying that &quot;messing with the sequence&quot; isn&#39;t a valid and welcome strat by blizzard. it means you have to make a choice. it takes more thought less grindTegoelfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13515331038934862638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-37841002235843889462010-01-26T14:29:26.632-08:002010-01-26T14:29:26.632-08:00Deathbringer Saurfang&#39;s Mark can be completely...Deathbringer Saurfang&#39;s Mark can be completely avoided. Its possible to get through the encounter without him casting a single mark. My guild did it the last two weeks in a row on 10-man.Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486980186969554372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-41094791451631254922010-01-26T11:08:52.770-08:002010-01-26T11:08:52.770-08:00&gt;&gt;&gt;Intricate (cumbersome) encounters
It ...&gt;&gt;&gt;Intricate (cumbersome) encounters<br /><br />It seems more like they have switched from making things like mana regen, threat management, resist sets, farming consumables and class buff mixes being the major concern to actually creating interesting encounters for new bosses. Those videos and strats you see on the web weren&#39;t produced by Blizzard, they were created my gamers to be used by the lowly player. With all the love casual players are getting, it&#39;s good Blizzard still provides challenges for the gamers.Big Healshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873414754638330124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-56866984899144312602010-01-26T11:04:42.692-08:002010-01-26T11:04:42.692-08:00Crofe, that&#39;s a good point about Rotface. Howe...Crofe, that&#39;s a good point about Rotface. However, Rotface&#39;s timer is independent of player actions, and can&#39;t be altered.<br /><br />So it&#39;s a little bit different than the three sequences listed.Rohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-73869552568470480362010-01-26T07:34:01.330-08:002010-01-26T07:34:01.330-08:00It makes a long time WoW raider take pause and won...It makes a long time WoW raider take pause and wonder if its worth it to continue a WoW subscription.<br /><br />Creating these intricate (cumbersome) encounters, where videos have to be made to get through them plus a boss mod... for purple pixels that get reset in the next expansion.<br /><br />I&#39;ll go watch the videos and go play a different game.Dinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-84555073303618132922010-01-26T05:29:52.914-08:002010-01-26T05:29:52.914-08:00Also of note is Rotface, who has a speeding up mec...Also of note is Rotface, who has a speeding up mechanic. There is an upper limit however. The Mutated Infection that he casts is done every 14 seconds or so at first and then will incrementally get faster until he&#39;s casting it every 6 seconds (which happens about 3 minutes in).<br /><br />For a long time (and even somewhat still) my guild had believed that he &quot;enraged&quot; at 30%, spitting out the Infections quicker. In reality they were already quicker and we didn&#39;t really notice all that much. It is interesting to note that our group was like &quot;AHHHH 30%, HEAL EVERYONE! WE&#39;RE ALL GOING TO DIE!&quot; In other words, we panicked at 30% because we thought the fight changed.Crofehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06541418467095439951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-21921051135035425472010-01-26T01:37:19.350-08:002010-01-26T01:37:19.350-08:00Exponential soft enrage is probably best part of t...Exponential soft enrage is probably best part of the icecrown encounters so far. BigRedBosses is getting old and I&#39;m glad blizzard could come up with something different.flurryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984028162329445960noreply@blogger.com